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'.--.' , - SCHUEBEL V : BELIEVEdOHDOyi DEAD Magnificent City Hal t City-Records Lost Persons Have Narrow Averted by Unknown Hero. Destroyed All Seven Hundred Panic Escape Three Portland Law Firms, Acting Under Instruc tions From Washington, Are Investigating Ap-' pomtee's Fitness. 'f v (8pelt Dbpitck to Ib Joornal.) , ( il-. - Portland, Me., Jan. 24i- Fire which cauaed a property damage of $1,000,000 destroyed 'the 'city ball and police building shortly after ; midnight and endangered the lives of more than 700 persons. Al though known a the city hall, the building destroyed was divided between the city and 'county offices, while the police building shel tered the supreme Judicial and municipal courts in addition to the police department. . 'The fire was the worst in the state since the i great Portland con flagration of I860. That there were no fatalities is remarkable, as . there were more than 7$Q persons attending the . Knights of Pythias' jubilee In the auditorfam when the flames were discovered. Only a ' few ; persons were hurt. Chief Engineer Melville Eld ridge being the . only; one known 'to be' seriously Injured. V . The. financial loss is estimated -at $1,000,000, but this will not cover the' loss of papers and documents la the registry of deeds, where everything was destroyed. ' Other city, departments 'were swept clear of everything by the flames. ' with the exception of the city clerk's and city treasurer's offices, money, and securities in the Jatter being Relieved . to be Intact, although It will be almost ImposBlble to ascertain defi nitely until the vaults have cooled sufficiently, for an examination to be made.- . ..,-.,.--,....--- ' , - one of the most valuable libraries la the state, the Greenleaf law collection, was destroyed, with a loss estimated at $10,000." Of Is Senator Bourne Back Move When Report Made Matter of SchuebeFs Confirmation Will Be Forced to an Issue. SltFFtfS SCHUEBEL ' ''.I ' , . . ' ; t . ' . ) ; . r - " ' I ' : h ' " ' J j Intercession of Muckraker on Behalf of U'Een's Law Partner Caused President to Place His Name Before the Senate. JACK LONDON. WHOSE 'ROUND WORLT EXPEDITION IS MISS ING. 3Iagazine Writer's Plea Im pelled Roosevelt to Take Action Before Arrival of Fulton and Ellis at Na tional Capital. Chris Schuebel, Senator Bourne's choice for United States district attor ney. Is' being Investigated "for qualifl cation and ability to hold the office' for which he has been recommended, by three prominent legal ' firms of Port (Unltrd Pratt LmmA Wlrs.l Oakland, Cal., Jan. 24. Supposedly because Its officers have been unable to find any trace of Jack London, the noted author, who began a tour of the world la his rrall oralL the.Bnark. and me rear that lie has met disaster some where in the South Seas, the Central bank has recorded a. mortgage against London's home in Twenty-seventh , Breaking oat shortly before . midnight the firs was not under control until 10 o'clock" this morning. The flames were fanned by. a bowling northeast wind and the entire town was threat ened with destruction. News ,. of the J( conflagration was flashed to neighboring cities, all of which sent, flrsv fighters -to, aid in quenching the flames. ' Nearly the whole department of Lewiston came to the rescue and apparatus from Bath and Biddeford were used to advantage. Chief Engineer Eldrldge waa in the j most dangerous places all through the early morning hours, directing his men and using his apparatus to the best ad. vantage, lie was rewarded for his er. ions Dy receiving ourne wnicn may prove fatal, being anocaea - into ue flames by a falling timber. Loss of life st the auditorium would have -been terrlflo had It .not been for the presence of mind of a few brave men. These leaders oaimea me excuea dancers and caused them to beat an or derly, retreat Xroja the flaming, building. There were signs of a panic, but this spirit was soon quenched by the men who had taken upon themselves the task of emptying the hall without loss of life.- , tops Cry of "rira.' When the fire was first discovered, a man whose name could not be learned. report on the ability and- integrity and general qualification of Schuebel for the office desired by him. The identity of the person who sent the telegrams has not been made' pub lic, but It is Intimated that they came irara van or me mcmoers or the Judi ciary committee of the United States became badly frightened and began toM who 1 lia not the f tTnrt ThMini scream "fire." One- of the cool-Beaded wa?mth fo? Renator t,wS., men in the crowd promptly stepped up JKPtSJ (Speeltl Dlspttch to Tb Journal.) Washington, Jan. 24. Christian Schuebel owes his nomination for United States district attorney' for Oregon to the direct Intercession of land at the reauest of some mv.trfnu. street, near Telegraph avenue, which I Wncoltt J. Steffens, the. fftmOUi member of the ludiiMar rnmmiti.. was drawn last April. - . I "muckr : ... Th tniar Hd mim r vM hv th . 5 the United .States senate. ' f venturous writer td obtain funds with According to the story which Is float- which to outfit his craft and carry out in- about telerrams were sent to thr ! project of ealUng around the world. , n..i . . : A. 1 The negotiations were carried out se-l"'0 "c umuv law Iirms Or Portland a Short time ago. I rrnfl at tha time and vldenr nt ha narannal IntArxAndnn vlth fh. nnul. of the firm forward to Washington . mortgage was flled. I n Schuebel s benalf, and with notolnVfrom h?m hey att.nSptel W is recommendation throutn various sources to gam some information concerning him, but were unable to do so. mucKraker, wnose magazine ar ticles have thrown a flood of light upon grafters and corrupttonlsts al over the country, Steffens made m r . v ,! STEira rare fi CROSS EXAMINATION Witness Slowly But Carefully Led Up to Interesting Climax in Testimony. Definite Point Not Reached But Prose cufor May Have Surprise in Store Francis J. Heney this morning slowly but obviously paved; the way to a climax in his Intimations regarding Senator Fulton. la the land fraud trials Mr. Heney laid the foundation for evidence-which may show that Fulton Induced Hall to put aside any intention of criminal prosecution against Steiwer, but this fact was not definitely, established, although It may be later. .-"r '. to the' frightened one and with a awl blow in the face effectually silenced him. Turning udou the crowd the self- appointed' rescuer announced that the same fata .would befall the next person who attempted to stampede the crowd. The threat was effective, and the audi torium was emptied In a remarkably short time. . ' Portland, Maine, had 60.145 inhabi tants at the I ant census. It Is the larg est city in Maine and one of the oldest In New England. The principal Indus tries are shipbuilding, the manufacture of locomotives, and iron works of various kinds. There are also large warehouses on tne waterrront which care for the West Indian and European trade. III6UT 017LS ; ARE IHSAFJE Dr. Pettijohn Says People Who Walk the Streets Are Candidates for Asylum. Chicago. IU.. Jan. 34. Thousands of persons are insane In hospitals and san atoriuma and many others are .walking the streets on the .verge or insanity because of loss vf sleep, according to IDr. Elmer 8. Pettijohn, a specialist on nervous diseases, who spoke at the Re formed EdIscodsJ church before severs! lunared rouowers or uisnop allows nd vnristian jrsycnoiogy." Twel ve years experience In aanator I ims at Kankakee has taught him that most Incurable raving : maniacs are "night owls ' sleeping only rive to six mum eacn nitrni. "juvery aay.r ne mia. fl meet people on the public streets who are Just as Insane as ' hundred no . are lorcioiy uemuieu m unuma. M-0 BUSINESS FAB ' : EXCEEDS; SEATTLE'S t The money order business ' at 4 the Portland postoffioe for 1907 exceeded' that of the Seattle of- efiee by more than 100,000.,, r In the detailed accounts of the . 4 transactions Seattle exceeded e Portland in but one item that i of the International money orders , paid. . For Seattle thia amounted to $41,145.50..' Portland paid 110.- 207.8s. i " f " - All told ; Portland's postal . e order business amounted to $11.- 0H.174.9J. while Seattle's total , 4 aggregates but I9.950.S40.65. Thia makes the . Portland ' business is4 $2,0a,8'34.?7 in excess of that ' done at the Seattle offlce.: ..rpr the arae year $4,809,000 was remitted to the Chicago sub. 4 "treasury from, the Portland .of?.e flee, - while Seattle sent but - itS.964.78J.':v.R:?-'f;r?vS.s;.S?;;fe e i SUHSHiriE HERE: raise hopes for the rejection of Schue- dci s nomination. It is the belief of thou mhn knnw f I the occurrence that It comes from the line diplomacy or senator Bourne. Whether or not the political inclina tions of the firms were known to the juaiciary committeeman who sent the telegYams Is uncertain, but the fact re mains mat neitner oi tne three are litlcal companions of Senator Fnitnn. It Is taken for granted therefore that mo report sent oacic regarding Mr. Scheubel's fitness for the office will not be any more cheering to Senator Fulton's hopes of blocking the nomina tion than is reasonably consistent with the facts. The identity of the three firm. I. being guarded closely bv those who rnl know, but It is the general belief that made as soon as tneir reports have been re ceived In Washington the matter of Schnebel's confirmation will be forced to issue by Senator Bourne. BEATIFY GIRL IN MALE ATTIRE; without waiting for the Oregon del egatlon to agree upon a candidate. Steffens spent a number of weeks In Oregon last year,, studying the history of the land fraud prosecutions. While there be became acquainted with W. 8. U'Ren, 8cnuebel's law partner. Stef fens became Imbued with a deep admiral tion for Francis J. Heney and followed him to San Francisco in order to study the disclosures In the prosecution' of Schmlta and Ruef. , Schuebel became a candidate for Bris tol's position as United States district It Believed Boyertown Victim SEEKS. T.p'WfS on. I iir nrj. t-ii t j- I Francisco and while there discussed his was oi iieauy uresseu nartner's candidacy with Steffens. Con vinced that Schuebel was an incipient Abraham Lincoln, Steffens became much interested in his candidacy. Stif fens returned to New York and shortly afterward Bristol's nomination was sud denly withdrawn from the senate and Bourne began besieging the president with demands for the appointment of Schuebel. When the senate adjourned for the T-v, jt i mi.v. 1 1iinBiniM nunutiyn. u wu ins unuer- xw "- standin among the Oregon delegation in Man's Clothing; (Special DUpitch to The Journal.) Philadelphia, Jan. 24. Lamentations over a headless fragment of a corpse buried as that of 14-year-old SHOW AT GOTHAM END OF TROUBLE AT WILLAfilETTE New York Tenement Dwell ers Freezing c in First Blizzard of Season. (Special Dispatch to TJia JonruaL) Salem, Or., Jan. 24. The slumbering volcano underlying the management of Willamette university has been given a slight vent without any explosion by the (United Press Leased Wire.) New York. Jan. 24. New York is in the grip of the first bllszard of the win. I departure of President Coleman for the ter. Snow fell steadily all night and eaat. where he will probably be made a thia morning more than four inches cov. bishop of the Methodist church. The ered the .ground. , ,Late at night a se- "TSflil LSii "SKX n I?. II - - m I uiiicicm ce .lias, ucstji ictris oiui iiik muean-hour gale developed and whipped the board of trustees to, the depths mo snow inrougn me streets in hllnil. wm imrnionisea. Ing clouds. ' Traffic; Voajf the' aurface asd levai ed streetcars was earlv in " "1 "8"1 lat oy noon today traffic on these lines will be completely tied sn.ow 1" badly and all through and suburhnn train, an. h.ji. i T- Ik tenement district on 'the east side the jpoor began , to suffer from the effects of the storm Immediately owing to,a shortage of fuel. Jy""u LAWYERS MIX UP 4 AND BLOOD FLOWS The police' court la to be ' made the theatre, for -the .presentation of -the sequel f a mora or V less sensational personal encounter, which' occurred yes terday afternoon ltt the office of Henry "and, 229 Ablngton building. The case was set lown tot heartSg this morning, but by consent .of the defendant. Rand. .lie cQmDiamAnu. Artom.va.jn ueittna jnenaerson ana 11. II. Kidaeu, a continuance was granted until Monday. Henderson lives at Hood River, and besides being an attorney . of some prominence, he is well known as an amateur swimmer , of mnn ihin 1Lr.al fame. Yesterday afternoon, accom panied by Rlddell, he went to Rand's offices to lnauire as to tha authnrahin of an anonymous letter he had received and .which he claims was written by Rand. In the controversy that ensued Rlddell --received t black eve and. Han. derson m bloody nose and bruised mouth. Rand was later arrested on a charge of assault and . battery. He waa re 1"a?et fop euetod u desoalUag 60 It Is an open secret amona the student body that Dean Boyer and President Coleman have been living at swords points for some time. High words have passed between them at times that re sounded in the assembly, and while Boyer has gained steadily In the affec tion of the student body, there has been no disposition to throw off on Cole man. He has done a great work for -the Institution, and Boyer has developed ex ecutive ability of a high order. It Is expected - the elevation of Coleman to the vacant bishopric at Baltimore will solve a problem that has presented an- gular aspects. . . when the girl's parents discovered that they had Interred the wrong body and that: the . mysterious woman dressed In man's clothing and burned in the Boyer town Are really was. their daugnter. Identification was made absolute by finding on the finger of the mysterious corpse Rose Diamond's signet ring, her Draceret, aiamono- earrings anu yean necklace. ' The trunk that was buried in the Jew ish nemeterv at Frankford with Jewish rites will be disinterred and the body of the girl will take its place. The coroner and other officials, who have been pussllng their brains over the question "Why did the mysterious woman don -mans .clothing to attend such, a i performance as . that In the burred playhouse?" have -reached the conclusion that Rose Diamond ' never donned the coat and. trousers which ap parently, were upon her body. They now believe the garments are tnose or unaries Mess, wno was Durnea to death in the holocaust. They argue that he was close to the girl in the awful crush that preceded .their death and that the firemen did not note that the charred clothing covered portions or two Doaies instead or one. Other searchers still are of the opin ion that the woman really Waa dressed In man's clothing. J - WARD IS APPOINTED COLORADO PROSECUTOR . i m ,, i..7; ... (United Prase Leased Wire.) . Washington. Jan. 24. President Roose velt has decided to appoint Thomas Ward Jr. as district attorney for Colo rado to succeed s Earl Cranston. that no name would be sent to the (Continued on Page Two.) Wlnlock W. Steiwer, former state senator and self-confessedly guilty of conspiracy to fence government land, faced the crowd of spectators and the jury in the Hall-Mays case today and told the story of his connection with the conspiracy to which he has pleaded guilty and for which John H. HaU and Edwin M. Mays are now on trial. It was not an easy task for the gray haired ex-senator and he twisted in the witness chair reluctant to meet tne gajse of the BDectators or the cruel cross. questioning of Judge Webster, attorney for the defense. After it was all over, however, not much of direct import had been gleaned from this, the testimony or tne govern ment's most prominent witness, for, while his story left openings of rich promise for the cause of the govern ment. it did not alone and unsuDDortec point a finger of guilt toward the de fense. Into the story Mr. Heney dragged the ghosts of past political battles which bad raged about the senatorial elections of 1901 and 1903.- The names of cor. bett, Scott Oeer and Fulton, together with reference to their senatorial as- itratlons, were brought rortn. rassmg 'rom this phase of the examination the irosecutor for the government sought o show that Hall had exerted, or at tempted to exert, the threat of prosecu tion for Illegal fencing to change or direct the vote of . Steiwer for United States senator. Later Mr. Heney laid the foundation for evidence which may show that Sena tor Fulton personalty induced Han to out aside any intention of criminal prosecution against Steiwer and his company and to delay the civil suit filed against the fencers. The evidence was brought out that Senator Fulton wrote to Steiwer telling of his visit to Hall and of his having been author, lsed by Hall to Inform Steiwer that no criminal prosecution - would be com menced. Absolute evidence In this con nection was not Introduced because th letter written by Fulton to Steiwar Ki been called back by the senator and kept by him since the filing 6f the Indictment against the men now either on trial or appearing as government witnesses. ...... , Unannounced Witnesses. v What curs the government will por jue to bring the testimony of Steiwer home to the defendant la not known. ULi! vJdent that Mr. Heney hai witnesses yet unannounced by which he expects to draw torethr th connected endsof his case and bind them fast to the defense. The story tteiw' was robbed of much of its vitality by the statement made in an swer to Judge Webster's cross-examination in which the witness said h did not conaidar tmt u.n nVJLafmpt t0 lnuence his vota lor united States senator. -. . Stel war's evident wan i. strenuous objection and lengthy argu ment as to ita MmUdhllll. k.j ?" made by the defense 7 ,T? , ' h il d'"erenc arose over a question by Mr. Henav aalrlnv .1. I; ? 1.1 1 1 T." manner in tell ing him that tha fnwu down should Putnam secure i liwyer t" PJeSe..nl" S.oniPJlnts. ,Webster con tended It to ba iinliiBt a . .1.- fense to re.l : under" testimonrof "what Steiwer mia-ht hnv. ..tiuiH.kf if? : rason that the witness could have put any inference he might have desired on wu'hh1 ViftemeBV vJud Huntheld with the government, however, and Mr. Steiwer was allowed to testify. Steiwer said that he had met Hall in the summer of 1900, when he had com to Portland to gee the: district attorney (Continued on Paga Two.) ' ;: .--if,, t. ' .i'l.'j, 5. "etlWiaHNMWBaWaMaWlH COLLEGE EDITOR GETS VACATION Edward Cunha Suspended From Stanford for Incit ing Riot at Palo Alto. (United Press Leased Wire.) Stanford University, Cal., Jan. 24. Tor Inciting and participating in a dlorder In a public hall in Palo Alto," Edward A. Cunha, managing editor of the Daily Palo Alto has been suspended from the Institution for the remainder Of the academic year. This action cf the faculty is the most drastic since the suspension of B. S. Allen, a former eauor or the Dally Falo Alto, and it cause-was the disturbance precipitated last week when E. P. E. Troy, an at torney of San Francisco, demanded an Investigation of the affairs of the town officials, and the students responding to an Invitation issued by the officials became involved In a riot. Cunha took Dart In the affair first when he posted in Enclna hall a notice purporting to come from Mayor Parkin son, in which the students were asked to attend the meeting, and secondly because of the prominent part he after ward clayed In the riot in the vestibule of the hall. He was clubbed at this time by one of the town officials. '- niDsrmi LAW'S CLUTCHES Astoria Man Who Raised Draft Captured at Jack- ' son ville, Florida. (United Press teased Wire.) J ; Chicago, Jan. 24. Turle Nordstrom. son of the cashier of the Scandinavian American bank of Astoria," who secured $15,000 on a raised draft drawn on th First National bank. of Astoria, throns-ii a Chicago bank, has been arrested lit Jacksonville, Florida. , 'Nordstrom was nest oOhe National Bankers' associa tion. ' v. : -( ... ... ,-. Nordstrom, while in Astoria! bought a small draft nayable at the First Na tional bank of that city., , He then rala.H th Pap tOt H5,000 and as he carrio.I with it a letter, of recommendation tn the Chicago bank he was able to casii the bogus draft.'- ft. . t ; j . LINCOLN STEFFENS. Full Account of the Great Conflagration in Portland, July 4, 1866. STORM ours A --WALK-'-AMONG-. THE RUINS," BY HON. TO WHJJS. NEW BUSINESS DIJIECTQRY. OF THOSE WHO WERE BURNED OUT ! lUaiUS OF fOBTLAID, ' star t, int. V", , . wm amaMa'a mm li r''T m Cow iMk a. fftrn . lull Mkhatwitl mfmm mm) pmpmrn ft mm MM M M. htM.WiJl trtak, M- a imm jinla Sm. esgjevej ekgv 4Beel Hi wV VMffl egT AastaW? Wmw mmi iiia.il m.mmM- 1 JaaMalMMMlialMl" "'ill !ti 'iiTaT liTT1 mmm MpiiaiM rf m." Mirtaiv bMWi ri5 m. m. Ii.iO, mm tnrnt a ! Im mm ail m. I n Immj i i liliaaafa ' 1 HEADLINES P.)?ORTID,aIAINE: TRANSCRIPT TELLINQO F GRBJAT FIRE OF 18 C 6. - 0r4Q. TIL OF THAW (Talted Press Leased Wire.) Utw Tork, Jan. 24. When court con vened this morning Attorney Littleton asked that further proceedings in . the murder trial of Harry Thaw o ;tver until Monday, giving as his reason that the steamer Adriatic, carrying three of hi most - valuable witnesses . from Europe, is anchored off Sandy - Hock and cannot possibly reach the city to day on account of the storm . that la raging. - : - As an additional reason for delay Littleton said that Dr. Blgaman, another defense . witness, . has not fully, "recov ered from an attack of pneumonia. Dis trict , Attorney Jerome idld not . oppose thai motion, and : the court granted a Special Oregon Sunday-Journal Announcement Seldom has a more thrilling story of the whaler's life in the Arctic been furnished than that written expressly for next SundayVjourna! by . well-known newspaper man who - made: a special investigation of V condition s'ln the la n d of. the "Great White Silence." . The, article points to the ineffi ciency of . the government ncrvice in certain quarters and the trr.-,? ! ' i abuses inflicted by brute nut a . ' ! captains, the facts are hrottgM ' rect ta public attention by one v ' . , served in a semi-official for ihc United State. c: ' a . easabaU. loatponameat , - 1 !;. ' I 1
